Eyelash curler



, y 1950 w. R. TUTTLE ET AL 2,506,123

EYELASH CURLER Filed Aug. 7, 1947 Patented May 2, 1950 EYELASH CURLER William R. Tuttle and William J. Beldue, Rochester, N. Y., assignors to The Kurlash Company, Inc., Rochester, N

New York Y., a corporation of Application August 7, 1947, Serial No.-'l67,090

-i Claims. (01. 1 3232) I This invention relates to eyelash curlers, and

particularly to those of the type disclosed in our Patent No. 2,391,047 dated December 18, 1945.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide, in an eyelash curler of this character,

means for guarding or protecting moving or operative parts of the curler so that these parts cannot come into contact with the skin of the user to possibly scrape or injure the same.

, Most eyelash curlers of the character described are provided with a fixed jaw and a movable jaw, between which the eyelash to be curled s gripped, and themovable jaw is usually operated by a link which extends from a movable handle pivotally'secured to a fixed handle forming an extension of the fixed jaw. The movable handle is formed with an extended leg projecting beyond its pivot, and the operating link for the movable jaw is pivotally attached to this extended part of the movable handle.

When the movable handle is operated, its extended part is swung in anarc beyond the fixed handle, and since the end of this extended part is directed toward the face or check of the user, there is the likelihood that the end of this moving part will scrape against the face and scratch or injure the same.

Therefore, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a structure in which the moving parts of the device, and particularly the More particularly, the invention contemplates I the provision of a fixed jaw to which a handle portion is connected, and of a movable jaw slidably mounted on a part of the fixed jaw; the fixed handle being provided with a guard or shield in the form of a channel-shaped housing, projecting from an arcuately shaped part of the fixed handle, and the movable handle being pivotally mounted in said guard or shield and having its projecting end part, and the end of the link which connects to the movable jaw, covered and protected by said guard or shield.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is disclosed, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved eyelash'curler, with a portion of the movable handle shown fragmentarily, and the curler being in its open position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the eyelash curler, with one of the sides or face plates of the guard or shield removed to show construction, and other parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 4 is a front view of the eyelash curler, with parts broken away at the upper and lower ends of the same.

With reference to the'drawing, l indicates the fixed handle portion of the curler, the same being preferably, but not necessarily, composed of wire, and being formed at one end with the fingerreceiving loop 2. At its opposite end, the handle portion I is in the form of a yoke, composed of the two spaced rods or posts 3 and 4 on the upper ends of which is secured the curved fixed jaw 5. The upper edge of the fixed jaw 5 is provided with a turned-over portion or bead 6 to thereby provide a smooth surface for contact with the face when the device is operated.

The rods or vertical posts 3 and 4 of the fixed handle portion l are provided at a substantially central point with flattened parts 1 and 8, which are arcuately curved forwardly as at 9. Secured between these flattened parts 1 and 8, as by spot welding or by a rivet or pin ID are edge flanges 23 and formed on a pair of segmental plates H and [2. These plates co-operate to form a channel-shaped guard or shield for certain moving parts of the device and also serve to act to pivotally support the movable handle 13 between them.

The movable handle I3 is composed of wire and is provided with the finger loop I 4 and at one end is bent laterally, as indicated at l5, this laterally-bent portion [5 being pivoted at I6 between the guard plates H and [2, each of these plates having an inwardly-pressed lug portion l'l between which the end I5 of the movable handle is pivoted. Adjacent to its free end, the portion 15 of the movable handle I3 pivotally receives the end of a yoke-shaped link I 8 having its upper end attached to the movable jaw l9. Said jaw I9 is in the form of a curved channel member having an insert or facing 20 of soft material, such as rubber, which is brought into contact with the lower edge 2| of the upper jaw when the lower jaw is raised by movement of the movable handle IS in a direction toward the fixed handle I. The movable jaw I9 is provided at its opposite ends with the loops 22 whichare guided on the upper portions of the rods 3 and 4 of the fixed handle portion.

From the foregoing, the operation of the device will be readily understood. When the curler is being used, it is held in such a position that the arcuately curved portions 9 of the fixed handle portion l are directed forwardly toward the face and as these portions of the fixed handle are smooth and rounded and have no movement during raising and lowering of the movable jaw l9 by movement of the handle l3, the face or skin of the user of the device cannot be injured by the end of the part l5 since the same is covered and protected by the guard plates I} and 12. When the eyelash is insertsdbetween the Jaws 5 and is and the movable jaw 43 elevated by movement of the handle [3 toward the handle i, the eyelash will be compressed bfii ween the soft facing material 20 and the lower edge of the upper jaw 5 and will be curled accordingly, It will be noted that during the swing of the handle 13 t wa d theiixedhahdle the end pori n 15 o he handle 13 is being mo ed through an are w ich s within the confin s of th uard 91' h eld somposed .of the late H and 12, so that; as a resu t, t is movin end o he mo abl handle t as Well as the .e d of th link t, i enclosed or horned an cannot contact i the fa e or skin of th on r tph Ha i d scr bed o e mbod men of t e invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be res ricted th to bu broa enough o ho all str c u es ining the sc e of the anmi ed Wha We cla is In n eyel h curlenafised handle ca r in a fired l w, a guard i idl at ached o he fixe handlejsaid guard consisting of a pair of spaced s m nta lat s a mova le ha dl piv ta y mounted etw en sa d plat s a d havin a fr end portion movable in are between said pla s a link havin on e d a tach d, to sai free end portion of the movable handle, and a movable jaw slidable on the fixed handle, the other end of the ink be n s ured to s d m vabl jaw.

2. In an eyelash curler, a pair of han les, one of sa d a e a ry ng a pair of spa ed pl es the second handle being pivotally mounted between the spaced plat-(5S, and having an end poi-.- t e m able in an a e be een t p tes the plates being o a ze s fl oient to cover and protect e nd po t o o e h d e t a pi ote e we em o o th llahci es being rovi ed with a fixed jaw and the second handle being ep i ely tohnh ed to a movable Jaw hich i 4 moved to or from the fixed jaw by pivotal movement of the handle to which it is linked.

3. In an eyelash curler, a fixed handle composed of spaced wires formed at one end into a finger-receiving loop and at the other end into spaced p s s, a fix d jaw in the rm of a urv d plate secured at the ends of said posts, the wires of said handle being flattened and arm- ,ately curved at a substantially central location on the handle, a pair of segmental plates having flanges along one edge located and secured between the flattened portions of the handle, said Plates co-operating to form a channel-shaped directed rearwardly of the curved portion of the handle, a movable handle pivoted between said plates said movable handle having an end portion movable in an arc in the space between the plates, the movement of said end portion being limited segmentally to the area defined by the lates; a 11:11; p o ed at one end to the end p r on of he movable handle, and a movable iaw id 'bly moun d on he pos s of he fixed handle, the s cond end Of the link bein atta ned to the movable jaw.

4. All eyelash curler having a fixed handl a rying a stat nary Jaw, a m vable jaw sl idably mounted on the fixed handle, the fixed'handle bes" pr v with a c ann l-shaped housing havspaced walls, a movable handle having an of s nd p rt o piv d betw en he of the housin a link h ving one end connected to the movable jaw and its other e d pivotall v atta hed to the fiset end of the mov b e handle, the ast-mentioned end of l nk and t e onset part of the movable h ndle to whioh i attao ed be n mova le w thin the housing n th space between the pivot for said movable handle n h fix d han le the fixed h ndle having a curved portion between its jaw and handle poriion with the housing secured to said curved por- 101.1.

WILLIAM R. WILLUIAM J. BEIDUE;

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